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CHAPTER X. 
The Korea — Among the Islands — Odd Names of Moimtain Peaks — Vic- 
toria Harbour — Beacon Fires— Visit from the Natives — Their Pic- 
turesque Appearance — Description of the Chief — Costume of the 
Natives — "Worship of Bacchus — Their Eude Manners —Their 
Curiosity — Modes of Salutation — An Anecdote. 
Leaving the huge cone-like island of Quelpart in 
the distance, the freshening breeze bears us gallantly 
along towards those unknown islands which form the 
Archipelago of Korea. As you approach them you 
look from the deck of the vessel and you see them 
dotting the wide blue boundless plain of the sea — 
groups and clusters of islands stretching away into 
the far distance. Far as the eye can reach, although 
that is not many nailes, their dark masses can be 
faintly discerned, and, as we close, one after another 
the bold outlines of their mountain peaks stand out 
clearly against the cloudless sky. The water, from 
which they seem to arise, is so deep around them 
